Reference meaning
cucumber
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a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
Related source terms
cucumber vinecucumis sativus
Other meanings
2. noun
cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
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